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#4D9EDB

#4d9edb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4d9edb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.2% red, 61.96% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.84% cyan, 27.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 205.77°, with 66.36% saturation and 58.04% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.74.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3115

Complementary

  1. #4d9edb
  2. #db8a4d

Split complementary

  1. #4d9edb
  2. #db4d57
  3. #dbd14d

Analogous

  1. #4ddbd1
  2. #4d9edb
  3. #4d57db

Triadic

  1. #4d9edb
  2. #db4d9e
  3. #9edb4d

Tetradic

  1. #4d9edb
  2. #8a4ddb
  3. #db8a4d
  4. #9edb4d

Square

  1. #4d9edb
  2. #d14ddb
  3. #db8a4d
  4. #57db4d

Monochromatic

  1. #184e77
  2. #2578b7
  3. #4d9edb
  4. #8dc1e8
  5. #cce3f5

Shades

#4d9edb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4d9edb
  2. #458ec5
  3. #3e7eaf
  4. #366f99
  5. #2e5f83
  6. #274f6e
  7. #1f3f58
  8. #172f42
  9. #0f202c
  10. #081016
  11. #000000

Tints

#4d9edb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4d9edb
  2. #5fa8df
  3. #71b1e2
  4. #82bbe6
  5. #94c5e9
  6. #a6cfed
  7. #b8d8f1
  8. #cae2f4
  9. #dbecf8
  10. #edf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4d9edb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4d9edb
  2. #529bd2
  3. #5798c9
  4. #5c95c0
  5. #6192b7
  6. #678fae
  7. #6c8ca4
  8. #71899b
  9. #768692
  10. #7b8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809ab6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839fde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f91da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #719fdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6397da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4d9edb {
  color: #4d9edb;
}
Background
.bg-4d9edb {
  background-color: #4d9edb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4d9edb {
  border: 2px solid #4d9edb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4d9edb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 77 158 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 66% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4d9edb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4d9edb, #4d57db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4d9edb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(77 158 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.08 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.40 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.61 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.39 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.97 #b26124 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#4d9edb  rgb(77, 158, 219)  hsl(206, 66%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#db8a4d  rgb(219, 138, 77)  hsl(26, 66%, 58%)  Persian Orange
#db4d9e  rgb(219, 77, 158)  hsl(326, 66%, 58%)  Mulberry
#9edb4d  rgb(158, 219, 77)  hsl(86, 66%, 58%)  Yellow Green